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Desperately Seeking Phil
It grew gradually throughout the year and reached a thundering crescendo that could no longer be ignored: A column on Dr. Phil. When I started thinking about writing these monthly Observer columns, I asked Visit Page
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Letters
Overreaching? The real question: Why are some kids more affected by media violence than others? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN helpful if the writer had provided some statistics for the conclusions presented in the Influence of Visit Page
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PSPI Symposium: In the Public Interest
Richard J. McNally (top) and Craig A. Anderson discuss their reports on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Media Violence, respectively. The Each issue of the APS journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest covers a single Visit Page
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Does Onscreen Violence Beget Real-World Violence?
Research reveals unequivocal evidence that exposure to media violence increases the likelihood of aggressive and violent behavior in both immediate and long-term contexts. Visit Page
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Discovering Psychology, Then and Now
Discovering Psychology is a popular public television series that educates students and the general public about psychological science. The series consists of 26 half-hour programs narrated by APS Fellow and Charter Member Philip Zimbardo, a Visit Page
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Dateline NBC Giving Away Psychology
A few years ago, when I was Director of Communications at APS, I was always struck by the motto featured at the bottom of every piece of APS stationary: “Advancing the scientific discipline and the Visit Page
